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Available Poems in Cautionary Tales (by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc )

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  • Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who Always Did What was Right, and so Accumulated an Immense Fortune  (Alan Bullard, Liza Lehmann)
  • Henry King, Who Chewed Little Bits of String, and Was Early Cut off in Dreadful Agonies  (Gary Bachlund, Norman Gilbert, Liza Lehmann)
  • Jim, Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion  (Liza Lehmann)
  • Matilda, Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death  (Gary Bachlund, Walter Bergmann, Liza Lehmann)
  • Rebecca, Who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably  (Liza Lehmann, Paul Patterson)

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